Field Guide

A winter sparrow that visits birdfeeders. Note the spiffy striped crown, gray cheek, white throat, and yellow patch between the bill and eye.

This native shrub is eye-catching with its bright red berries. It’s a fantastic native landscaping shrub and valuable to birds and wildlife, too.

Bald cypress needles turn rusty in late autumn before dropping. Native to Missouri’s Bootheel swamps, cypresses are popular in landscaping statewide.

With “red autumn” receding and “gray autumn” beginning, take time to savor the subtle beauty of turkey tail fungi.